FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2024
VOLUME 118, No.24
www.thevincentian.com
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NO INFORMATION BLACKOUT THIS TIME Right: Dr. Vaughn Lewis, CEO/VINLEC, moved promptly to publicly address the cause and fallout of last Sunday’s power outage.
by DAYLE DASILVA
THERE WAS NO ‘BLACKOUT’ of information from St. Vincent Electricity Services Ltd. (VINLEC) last Sunday, June 9, when the country experienced another power blackout, following on the heels of an extended one on June 02. Sunday’s power blackout was met with prompt response from VINLEC. In fact, the company’s Public Relations Department was on the ball, ensuring that a release explaining the cause of the interruption and more was made on the said day. In addition, Dr. Vaughn Lewis, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VINLEC, took to radio (WE FM) on that Sunday, to give details of the situation and share pertinent, related information. By the time he got to the radio, Dr. Lewis could assure that the system was stable…. power had been restored. And he prefaced his more in depth explanation by reminding, “When I joined VINLEC, we had system failures multiple times a year, now we have them probably every two and a half years on average for various reasons.” Some of the causes of
these system failures are unforeseen, like the one that occurred on June 2 and was attributed to a switch gear
issue, Dr. Lewis said.
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Arnos Vale Playing Field has literally been ‘remade.’ (Photo Credit: Lance Neverson, Photo Source: NBC Radio)
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